Sales Enablement Manager - Remote Eligible

Curriculum Lead

The Global Early-in-Career Sales Onboarding team within Sales Enablement & Acceleration (SEA) is a forward-thinking, AI-first group on a mission to flip the traditional onboarding experience on its head. We architect the Day 1 journey for our interns and Early-in-Career talent, ensuring every individual is launched toward an incredible career trajectory at Cisco. By merging human-centric design with cutting-edge AI, we are redefining what it means to join a world-class sales organization! We are a high-energy, inclusive team that values bold experimentation and global impact. If you are a visionary disruptor who is ready to challenge the status quo and empower the next generation of sales leaders, we want to meet you.

Your Impact

As the Curriculum Lead, you will be responsible for the overall onboarding curriculum strategy and learning architecture, ensuring strict alignment to sales roles and business priorities.

• You will lead and direct a group of instructional designers, providing creative leadership and project oversight to ensure the delivery of premier onboarding content
• You will lead the transition to an AI-first enablement model, integrating generative AI, conversational intelligence, and adaptive learning to compose personalized, scalable onboarding journeys
• You will work closely with Sales Leadership, Product teams, and Subject Matter Experts to ensure the curriculum reflects Cisco's latest innovations and evolving sales strategies
• You will be responsible for the end-to-end learning roadmap for Interns and Early-in-Career programs, ensuring these cohorts receive a tailored introduction to Cisco's sales culture
• You will work closely with external vendors and contractors, monitoring their output to ensure all outsourced content meets Cisco's standards for excellence and innovation

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in sales enablement, instructional design, or learning & development within a technology or SaaS organization
• Proven experience leading and developing teams of instructional designers or creative professionals
• Proficiency in instructional design models (ADDIE, SAM, Agile Learning) and a deep understanding of adult learning principles
• Validated experience engaging with senior-level stakeholders, with the ability to build relationships and influence decision-making across complex organizational structures

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AI-powered sales coaching, conversational intelligence, or using generative AI for content development
• Hands-on experience with e-learning tools (Articulate 360, Adobe Creative Suite, Camtasia) and sales enablement platforms (Highspot, Mindtickle, or similar).
• Prior experience working on sales onboarding or early-in-career sales programs
• Prior experience in Cisco, Splunk, or a similar enterprise technology sales enablement environment
• Certifications: Certifications in Instructional Design, Sales Enablement, or Learning & Development (CPLP, IDC, or equivalent)
• Experience with learning analytics, training impact measurement, and performance coaching methodologies

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.